Dr. Set Aung ( my, ဆက်အောင်) who is also known as Dr. Winston Set Aung is former Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry. He also had multiple roles as Chairperson of

Thilawa Special Economic Zone Thilawa Special Economic Zone ( my, သီလဝါအထူးစီးပွားရေးဇုန်; abbreviated Thilawa SEZ) is a special economic zone being developed in Kyauktan and Thanlyin Townships, south of Yangon city. The first p ...

's Management Committee of

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

, member of National Economic Coordination Committee (NECC) and Secretary of the Development Assistance Coordination Unit (DACU) that were chaired by the State Counsellor Aung San Su Kyi, until the Myanmar military launched a coup on 1st Feb 2021. Additionally, he was also the Secretary of Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Steering Committee chaired by the Vice President of Myanmar, Chairperson of the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone, Chairperson of the Myanmar National Airlines and a member of the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC). Before he held these positions, he served as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Myanmar until July 2017, Deputy Minister for National Planning and Economic Development from June 2012 to July 2013 and Economics Advisor to

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Thein Sein Thein Sein ( my, သိန်းစိန်; IPA: ; born 20 April 1944) is a Burmese politician and retired general in the Myanmar Army who served as the eighth President of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as Prime Minister ...

from April 2011 to June 2012. He previously served as Director of

Myanmar Development Resource Institute The Myanmar Development Resource Institute ( my, မြန်မာ့ဖွံ့ဖြိုး တိုးတက်ရေး အရင်းအမြစ် အဖွဲ့အစည်း, abbreviated MDRI) is an independent think tank and econ ...

from September 2011 to May 2012 and Secretary of National Economic and Social Advisory Council of Myanmar from January 2011 to April 2012.

Early life and education

Set Aung earned a BSc degree in Industrial Chemistry from

University of Yangon '') , mottoeng = There's no friend like wisdom. , established = , type = Public , rector = Dr. Tin Mg Tun , undergrad = 4194 , postgrad = 5748 , city = Kamayut 11041, Yangon , state = Yangon Regio ...

in 1995, a MBA in General Business Administration and Management from Yangon Institute of Economics in 1997,

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in Banking and Finance from Stirling Management School,

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, UK in 1998, and an MSc in

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from

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in 2001. He also holds a PhD degree from the

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endow ...

, Japan. He has been involved in international and regional research projects related to economics, social and policy development in various countries. He has completed over 40 international and regional economic and social research projects in more than 10 countries.

Publications

Set Aung has authored

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in cooperation with international and regional academic and policy institutes, including the

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, Japan,

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in Stockholm, Sweden,

Chulalongkorn University Chulalongkorn University (CU, th, จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย, ), nicknamed Chula ( th, จุฬาฯ), is a public and autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. The university was originally fo ...

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populatio ...

, Thailand,

Mekong Institute {{Infobox organization, location = Khon Kaen, Thailand, image =, abbreviation = MI, formation = 1996, type = IGO, website = {{url, www.mekonginstitute.org, membership = Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Mekong Institute (MI) is an i ...

Khon Kaen Khon Kaen ( th, ขอนแก่น, ) is one of the four major cities of Isan, Thailand, also known as the "big four of Isan", the others being Udon Thani, Nakhon Ratchasima, and Ubon Ratchathani. It is the capital of Khon Kaen province ...

, Thailand,

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(SEI-Asia), and the

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Personal life

Set Aung's father, Set Maung, was formerly a deputy minister during the

Burma Socialist Programme Party The Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP), ; abbreviated , was Burma's ruling party from 1962 to 1988 and sole legal party from 1964 to 1988. Party chairman Ne Win overthrew the country's democratically elected government in a coup d'éta ...

era.

References

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